The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-16
CLEVER WOMEN.
Names Of Distinction In the World OF Art !
+ N and Literature. n fI |

tAhN AAkVh
Il A clever woman who Is lust settling In
New York Is Mrs. Florence Kelley Wlschnc-
wctsky, who is, In spite Of her consricuoasly
NIhilIstIc maine, a daughter OF Judge w. d.
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania. Shch brought buck
with her from four years stay Mt tho Uni.
vcrsity OF Zurich a Russian medical student
for u, husband. Florence Kelley graduated
bright-faccd, enthusiastic girl, and went abroad
to study political economy, n science that in
tcrcsts few women, but lays strong hold on
tho handful It attracts. Since her return to
America Mrs. wischnewetsky has been put In
charge of u series Of publications TO 10 Issued
as the New York Labor Library, and intended
to supply economic literature to tho working
classes. we ~ ~ ~
Miss Catherine Lorillarl Wolfe, who
died In New York city Monday morning, April
1, though born In humble station, WIS at the
time Of her death probably tho richest woman
In the United States, her annual income being
estimated ut nbout 100000. sho WINS well
known US philanthroplst. Tho amount Of
tho deceased lnIy's fortune ia not exactly
known, but sho has given about 100000 TO
charities. Her pictures arc worth another 81
100000, her houscs 6, 600 and her jewels ind
personal property 100000. re- Re
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Is in Havana, and
sends back newspaper letters to tho Western
pnpers. She says: All Its sights md scenes
arc wholly foreign 10 tho States. Shop
womcn-many OF them young ind prctty--old
market en-negresses-childrc not moro
thnn i've years old, smoke, not only cigarettes,
but are frequently seen on tho streets pulling
immense cigirs. Children semi or wholly nude
plny In open courts or rim on the busy streets
In beautiful innocence, unnoticcd save BY the
visitors. whose minds have been trained In the
immodcsty Of civilization. Bcggirs enter tho
dinlng-rooms of the best hotels and Import,,nc
us Mt the tables till driven out by tho walters,
who pursue with rolling r.r-r's and threaten
Ing napkins; and toddling infants, old men
md hobbling cripples everywhere follow you
with lottery tickets, which apparently no Wis
itor ever buys"
Though Henry George has acquired
such large celebrity, his wife's nnmc hns hardly
been mentioned by tho papers TINT speak Of
him SO often md so much. She Is n thorough
home body, devoted to her husband nntl their
four children. She Is ono Of the su,nll, plump,
CHEEKY bodies TINT never get down-hcarted,
md people who have known them long time
say that but for her untlagging devotion and
enthusiastic belief In him Mr.. George would
never havc been able to come trumphantly
through tho long period Of strntcned mems
md hard work which preceded his sudden sue.
cess. q,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has always be-
longcd to that ciass Of women who were dubbed
"strong- minded" some twenty-five or thirty
years ngo; but even That reputation, and her
Concord philosophy, too, do not lessen her ter
ror Of crossing n crowded street. She will ypzc
hclplcssly across, cling to anybody who offers
assistance, stand In middle OF the street and
stare Mt m approaching horsccar and then grub
up her skirts and run buck, just rs soothing men
declare women always do. 1gt.
Mrs. Jenncss Miller, whose system of
aesthetic dress reform Is beginning to attr,ct n
good deal Of attention, was once n dressmakcr,
but her enthusiasm for woman suffrage WINS
aroused, and she left her drcssmaklng for tho
lecture platform and spoke through slassachu.
sets for tho sutIrngists. She aftcrwurd cs.
pouscd Hen Buffers cause md delivered sew
Cru. addresses III his behalf during his SUCCESS
full campaign for the Massachusetts governor
ship.
Mrs. Josephine Rcdding is one of the
most successful women journalists in New
York. For several years she has been tho cd
itor OF the -irt Interchangeable the Home Dleoyn-
tions. She conducts both publications with 80
much ability TINT they nre financially very
successful. Mrs. Rctlding Is Il young woman
small. slight and brown-laired, with pretty
piIuant face and charming, vivacIous munnc,.
Lacy Stone. TO all young women whom
she meets In uny way, whatever, Is the pcrsot,-
ittcatfSn OF m0therliness. One iutounturiiv
thinks Of her ms being tho idcal n.atron Of n
homo for young girls. She Is small, and tn
crcaslng years have mndc her rnther stout,
while her fresh and rosy complexion causes he,.
to look much younger than she rcallyis.
Although Miss Murfrcc seems 10 have
lenpcd into fame Mt n single bound, she has
really been writing for long time. 1t IS ten
or Il dozen years since the signature Of Charlie,
Egbcrt craddock first appeared in the mug,-
zines, md ever since then her stories of the
Tennessee mountains have been frequent Wis.
itors to the pages Of several magazines.
Bertha Won Iiillcrn, who Ilas been gain.
ing good deal OF success rs MI artist since shc
quietly give up pcdestrinnis,n few ycurs mo-
isn devoted Catholic. In the wills OF West
Virginia, where she spends her summers, she
will walk ten miles and back under the burning
summer sun whenever the possibility occurs
OF attending nuss.